Brasiloide
Brazilian Motor merchant
Name | Brasiloide | ||
Type: | Motor merchant | ||
Tonnage | 6,075 tons | ||
Completed | 1936 - Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg | ||
Owner | Cia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Date of attack | 18 Feb 1943 | Nationality: Brazilian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-518 (Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann) | ||
Position | 12° 47'S, 37° 33'W - Grid FJ 8577 | ||
Complement | 50 (0 dead and 50 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Maceio - Bahia | ||
Cargo | General cargo, including cotton. salt, textiles and a deck cargo of motor boats and trucks | ||
History | Completed in November 1936 as German Montevideo for Hamburg-Südamerikanische DG, Hamburg. On 20 Nov 1939 laid up at Rio Grande. On 27 Jan 1942 seized by Brazil and renamed Brasiloide. | ||
Notes on event | At 03.15 hours on 18 Feb 1943 the unescorted Brasiloide (Master Eurico Gomes de Souza) was torpedoed by U-518 about 5 miles from the Garcia D´Avila lighthouse. The ship broke in two after being hit by a coup de grâce and sank in 12°38S/37°57W. | ||
On board | We have details of 1 people who were on board. |
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